Railway-tie.



" H6. 854.787. I P'ATENTED MAY; 28, 1907.-

' J. A. WILLIS.

RAILWAY m. ABP IOATIW'I'ILBD AU'G. 23, 1906.

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Attorneys N 854,787. "PXI ENTBD MAY-"2'55, 1567.

J. A. WILLIS. RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG- 23, 1908.

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'WITNESSESs, INVENTOR Altamey/L "T Sterne arena orrrong Jaime A. WILLIS, or'LinERTYvrLLE, I LINOIS, ASSIGNOR or ssvnnrr .rrvE onn-nonnnsn'rns TO FRANK; n WIRE, or LIB'ERTYVILLE, IL L Hartman.

l Specification of Letters Patent.

tamed May as, 190'}.

Application filed August 23,1906. Serial No. 331,743.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES A. Vl- ILLIS, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Liber't'yville, in he county of Lake and State of ollowing is a SIJBClfiCSdJIOIL- This invention .is a metallic railway tie, and has for its object to rovide a tie of greatjdurability, and one w ich is comparatively light, and not liable to bend or warp.

A further object is to provide a cushioned support for the rails, together with novel means for securing the latter to the tie.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 1s a plan view of the 'tie with the rails secured thereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is an end ,view. Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line 44 of P g. 1. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line 55 of Fig. 2.

Referring specifically to the drawing,

are the track rails.v The tie 11 is made of steel by employing two side channel-bars 11 having outwardly extending horizontal top andbottom flanges 11 and 11, respectively. To the bottom flange is riveted or otherwise secured a base-platen". The resulting tie is somewhat U-shaped in cross action, the top beingopen.

At the top of the channel-bars are notches or recesses 11 which form seats for a grooved beam 12 of steel. These beams are U- shaped, and extend transversely across the tie and project laterally from each side thereof. The projecting portions ofvthe beams are braced by brackets 13 secured to the channel-bars. Two of these beams 32 are employed, or one for each rail. in the groove of each beam is placed a woodenv cushion 14 which is preferably out across the grain and, the edgesof the gram upwardly presented. These cushions support the rails.

Materialsother than Wood may be used for the cushions such as vulcanized fiber, pressed wood pulp, etc. a

. The rails are secured to the tieby plates 15 which extend across the tie adjacent the rail on. o posite sidesthereot. The plates over-, lapt e base fiangesoit the rail, and have up standing flanges 15 which clasp the web of therail. One of the flanges 15" has a projecting pin 15 on its inner face which extends through registering openings in the web of the rail and the other flange 15. The ends of the plates 15 are forrnedwith hooks 15 which engage the flanges 11. Each plate'is' secured to the tie by an inverted U- slliaped fastener 16 Which extends across the ate. Eener extend through registering openings in The downturned ends 16 of thefas the plate 15, the flanges 11 and 'the'hooks V 15. The projecting portionis' of the ends 16 are provided witha transverse key or other suitable locking device 16 Where a jointoccursbetween the rails,.as at 10*, the parts'1-5. are made higher and longer, and'eac'h has a pair of projecting'pins 15 which extend through the rail web andthe part 15 in the same manner as the pins 15 The pins are arranged alternately and on opposite sides of the joint;

At or about the middleof the tie, the v flanges 11 are cutaway as at 11 to facilitate the applicationor removal 0 E-the plates15- on the, inner sides of the rails. The rail canbe readily removed by sliding theseplates in wardly on the flanges 11 until the cutaway portion 1]. is reached through which the can be removed bodily from'the tie.

Bythe construction. herein described a tie is had which embodies great strength and durability, and no fish-plates, b TS, nuts and spikes are necessary. The cushioned s'u port for the rails enables less than half t e number of ties to be used, andalso adds to the durability of the roadbed. and the rails.

' .While this tie is intended principally for surface roads, it can also'be employed on elevated roads with great advanta e, asthecushioned support for the rails ah ening the noisejform a passing train.

I claim 4 A railway tie comprising two parallel chanin deadneI-barshaVing outwardly extending horizontal top andbottom flangesand recessed on'top, and a base-plate seemed to thebottom flanges, channel-beams extending trans- .jverselyacross the tie and seated'in the aforeseid -recesses, cushion blocks in the beams for name to this s su ortin the rails rail fastenin means two subscribin Witnesses.

havmg hook-shaped ends en aging' over the m v top flanges of the aferesai channel-bars, JAMhb WILLIS 5 and fastening means extending through said Witnesses:

" hook-shaped ends and top flanges.

H. G. BATOHELOR In testimony whereof have signed my FRANK E. WIRE.

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